Permissions on user home directories must be 750 or less permissive.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-216181 | SOL-11.1-070020 | SV-216181r959010_rule | CCI-000366 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Group-writable or world-writable user home directories may enable malicious users to steal or modify other users' data or to gain another user's system privileges. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Solaris 11 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-05 | |||
Related Frameworks
4 paths across 3 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
CM-6
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
NIST 800-1712 mappings
3.4.1
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
3.4.2
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000366
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
Details
Check Text (C-216181r959010_chk)
The root role is required.
Check that the permissions on users' home directories are 750 or less permissive.
# for dir in `logins -ox |\
awk -F: '($8 == "PS") { print $6 }'`; do
find ${dir} -type d -prune \( -perm -g+w -o \
-perm -o+r -o -perm -o+w -o -perm -o+x \) -ls
done
If output is created, this is finding.
Fix Text (F-17417r372926_fix)
The root role is required.
Change the permissions on users' directories to 750 or less permissive.
# chmod 750 [directory name]